Slip covers



P. S. TRUBITT May 28, 1957 SLIP COVERS Filed July 15, 1954 rr- 1 i!L-II/I FIG, 1

INVENTOR. P/zz/L v 5 7711.611? BY M United States Patent SLIP COVERSPhilip S. Trubitt, Chicago, Ill., assignor to Sam Pass,

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Application July 15, 1954, Serial No. 443,493

2 Claims. (Cl. 155-182) This invention relates to improvements in slipcovers for furniture.

In the manufacture of slip covers for articles of furniture, such asoverstulfed chairs and davenports, the covers of a given style areintended to be used by purchasers on furniture of the same generallydesignated style but which, having been made at different periods and bynumerous furniture manufacturers, vary somewhat in size, shape andcontours of some of the parts. Hence, slip cover manufacturers, in orderto avoid making and marketing the huge number of covers of specificsizes which would otherwise be required for the numerous sizes andstyles of furniture in use, have made covers which by adjustment ofportions could be used on articles of furniture of severalmanufacturers, notwithstanding such variations in size and contour. Thepresent invention relates specifically to a slip cover for the back restand shoulders of an article of furniture, which might actually be formedas a portion of a one-piece or unitary cover for an article offurniture, such as a chair or davenport, but which is shown herein as anindependent back rest and shoulder cover portion.

One object of the invention is to provide an improved back rest coverhaving attached shoulder cover portions which are so designed as toenable them to be adjusted neatly in position in use on articles offurniture, the backs of which may be of different heights and theshoulders of which may vary materially not only in height, but incontour and in width and thickness.

The improved slip cover section is thus relatively simple to use, sinceit can be adjusted in neatly fitting relation on the article offurniture. The improved shoulder cover sections exert tension crosswiseof the back rest and rear panels and aid in retaining the same againstdisarray while in use.

Other advantages of the improvements will be apparent from aconsideration of the following specification and the accompanyingdrawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a front elevation, somewhat in perspective of a chair (shownin dotted lines) with an improved slip cover section incompletelyadjusted in position thereon;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view looking at the disclosure of Fig. 1angularly and from the rear;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged broken view showing a shoulder cover section insection along a vertical median plane.

In the Figs. 1 and 2, a chair is shown by dotted lines and as havingthereon a slip cover portion embodying the present improvements. Thecover comprises a front or back rest panel 11 extending from the topportion of the chair back over the back rest 12 down to the seat 13 withsufiicient material at the lower end to be tucked into the space 14between the seat and the back rest. The width of the panel 11 isadequate to cover the back rest, not including the shoulders 15 of thechair, with some of the panel 11 tucked into the spaces between the backrest and the rear ends of the arms 16.

To the upper end of the panel 11, which is shown extending slightly overthe chair back, a rear panel 17 is "ice secured by stitching along theseam Hi. The lower end of the back panel 17 may be provided with strings19 extending from the piping at the edges of the panel. The strings maybe tied about the rear legs of the chair to retain the panel in place.

Secured to the panels 11 and 17, at the edges thereof, are shouldercover portions 20. The portions or sections 20 are formed of originallyrectangular members provided witha member (four being shown) of elasticstraps 21 extending thereacross on the inner surface of the members, thematerial being stitched to the straps 21 while the latter are indistended relation. As the elastic bands or straps contract, thematerial of the members 20 in the region of the bands is gathereduniformly as indicated. The gathered portions are indicated by numerals22.

The gathered or elastic bearing portion 22 of each shoulder section 20is stitched at the sides along seams 23 to the edges of both the frontand rear panels, but the flap portions 24 of the sections 20 above, andthe flap portions 25 below, the gathered portion-s 22 thereof are notattached to the panels 11 and 17, but are left free. The upper flapportion 24 of each of the shoulder sections 20 can be tucked under theoverlying portion of panel 11 at the top of the chair back and can besmoothed out to 0 provide neatly fitting coverings for shoulders of thechair.

The lower free portions or flaps 25 provide adequate material to coverthe portions of the chair backs intermediate the gathered portions 22and the arms of the chair, and surplus parts of the free portions 25 canbe tucked into the space at the rear ends of the arms, or the surplusportions can be smoothed out over the top of the rear portions of thearms and hang pendant at the sides thereof and be covered and held inplace by the arm cover sections of the undisclosed body cover of acomplete slip cover.

The ends of the elastic straps 21 are stitched to the seams 23 whichsecure the shoulder cover sections 20 to the front and rear panels andwhen a cover is placed upon the chair back as indicated in Figs. 1 and2, the elastic is distended an extent, depending on the: width andthickness of the chair back. The elastic bands 21 thus exert tensioncrosswise of the panels 11 and 17 and tend to hold the panels neatly inplace.

Where the cover is used on a chair having a back rest of mediumdimensions, or on a chair of greater or less width than usual, the covercan be fitted neatly thereon, since the shoulder cover panels willdistend or contract adequately to provide the desired olos-e fittingcontact. Whether the shoulders are relatively square or rounded, theshoulder cover sections can be fitted neatly thereto by reason of thefree upper portions 24 of the shoulder cover sections and the elasticbearing portions 23.

The undisclosed cover portion which covers the arms, seat, front andsides of an article of furniture may be of any suitable construction,such as that. disclosed in an application filed concurrently herewith.

Variations in specific details of the above disclosures may be resortedto without departure from the spirit of the invention herein shown anddescribed.

I claim:

1. A slip cover for the front and rear surfaces of a back rest and theshoulders of an article of furniture comprising a front and a rear panelconnected together at the upper edges and of a width to cover saidsurfaces between the shoulders, and shoulder cover sections each locatedat one side of said panels and comprising a transverse portion connectedat the sides thereof to the adjacent side edges of said panels below theuppermost portions of the panels, transverse elastic strips in saidtransverse portions tending to contract the same into closely fittingrelation about the lower portions of the sides of a back rest andprovided with a flap extending upwardly 3 from the upper edge of saidtransverse portion having free side and top edges to be tucked under themargins of said panels above said transverse portion.

2. A slip cover for the front and rear surfaces of a back rest of anarticle of furniture comprising a front and rear panel connectedtogether at the upper edges and of a width to cover said surfacesbetween the shoulders of the article, and shoulder cover sections eachlocated at one side of said panels and comprising a transversely elasticsection secured at the edges to the edges of said panels below theconnected ends thereof and above the level of the arms of the articleupon which the cover is positioned, said elastic section having a flapdepending 4 from the lower edge thereof and a flap extending from theupper edge thereof and having free verticle and top edges adapted to betucked beneath the margins of the panels bordering the shoulder.

References Cited in the file of this patent UNITED STATES PATENTS1,942,111 Levi Jan. 2, 1934 1,970,820 Schoellkopf Aug. 21, 19342,393,543 Lenz Jan. 22, 1946 2,469,520 Roberts May 10, 1949

